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CIIAPTEIt V. von: UNC'I.K JONATHAN TIMINKU. Molvlu was in.in- fortunate than bo had dared bopo, for In.? hud none but n ' Bborl distance when In* came Into u . rood und after following Unit a little way ran mi 10 a house. It is true it was not imi?'?? i?l II In use. being morel*, a small l<>- eabln, aiid its BurrouudiugH wen" meager und uuln vitlng, promising little lu Ilm way ol comforts; but, for all that, it v, >nl?i af ford shell el' ami food. Hi: I thai was a great deal under Uro circuinsiii ices. Hi- ruilo up to ih*' tumble di wn rail fi-iu i- (hat stood between the yard aud ihe roml ami was prepnrlug lo end to let his presence I n known win i a man came around a corner of the house, lie was a little, wiry, weather beaten old chap, almost bidden tinder a mam moth broad brimmed straw hat. lie was not ex pectin : a strange visitor, it ml the appearance of Molvlu was a great surprise to htm. He stopped short. Ids mouth and eyes Hew wide open, and he stooii staring in perfect slleuce, It was Melvlll who spoke first. "I have I..st my way." he said, "and I am looking for a place to spend the lllght. What chance Is there for stop ping with \onV" If Melvlll expected this man to prove as reticent and morose as the one he had just passed, his mind was soon dis abused of thai idea, for the response to bis speech, although not altogether rel evant, was prompt, vigorous and effu sive. "Lord n-mnssy!" be exclaimed. "You mean to tell Hie that you done plumb up an lost your way an took to Wan derin round in the woods for all the world like a stray suckln calf? Great granny, man. what made you go an do Bleb a thing as that V" "For the reason that I couldn't help lt. I presume," Molvlu answered. "Couldn't help it: Why. Lord a-nias sy, man. what do you mean? You ain't alinln t? tell me you couldn't help gittin lost, are you'.'" "I guess 1 am." "Waal. I'll be dad switched! That shore beats my lime, as the feller says. The idea of any human critter bavin little enough sense to go an git lost In the woods! Why. say. a cat knows more than that." "Very likely," Mclvln replied. "But what of it V" "Notllbl. only it shore slumps me that a growod up man like you'd go an git lost like this." "Isn't it Just barely possible that you might do such a thing?" "Do sich a thing as what'.'" ?'Gel lost." "Me git lost! Your Uncle Jonathan Turner gll lest! Waal, that's a good Uti shore. Say. did yotl ever hear tell of a grolin' hoi; gittin lost?" "I don't know that I ever did." "Waal, when you do hear of sieh a thing you may then begin to llgger out that it's jest barely possible that Jon athan Turner moughl some day lose hIsself In the w oods." "Do you think it impossible for yon to lose your way 111 a strange wood'.'" "No. 1 don't think notion 'bout it. 1 Jest know it's Impossible." "How would you keep from losing your way '.'" "Jesl like I'd roll offen a log. I'd Jest do it." "Suppose you were in a strange place, and. coining to two roads, you didn't know which one to take. Then what V" "Oh, I'd know all right which one to take." "I low would you know V" "Jest have sense enough to know, as UiO fidler says." "Would you? Well, nil right. I am anxious just now to learn whether or not you can give me shelter for the night':" "I guess that's so. Hid a tight smart piece today, | reckon'.'" "Yes. unite n way." "Jcdgln from appearances, I'd take you to be a stranger in these parts?" "I am." "Waal, whnr mougbt you hall from, If I may make so bold us to ask?" "I'm from the north." "From the north, eh? Waal, that's a right sinn i t big spread out sort of n place, as l understand it, an a feller mougbt come from thar an still not come from now bar in particular. Reck on you ain't no reason for not tollln Jest what identical spot iu mo north you mougbt ball from?" "None In the world. I'm from Chi cago." "Are, eh? I've hen in tell of that place. C'ousid'able little town, 1 JudgeV" "Yes." "More account thau Beckett's Mill likely?" "I think so." "Reckoned from what I'd beam tell of It that It shorely must be. S'pose, now, you have business In those parts?" "Yes, some." "Guess you ain't one of them preach In fellers come down yere sorter llg gerln on holdin some mcetln's over at the Coon ltitti nieetiu house?" "No." "Never preach none, eh?" "I never have." "Uh, huh! Jest a plain ever'day common eussin man, I reckon?" "I haven't ever made It a practice to do much 'ctissln,' as you say. out I've almost been tempted today to wish I was an expert In thnl line. Hut, say, how about stopping with you tonight? I've got to find lodging some place, and It'a about time I was knowing where." "That's so, stranger; yes, Hlr-ee. Jest about time you was llndin out whnr; yes, sir. Hecken you ain't sorter fig gerin on tryin to git to tench our school, are yoe . , x*m no schoolteacher." "Hain't, eh? Guess mebby you DlOUght be kinder lookln round "with a notion of buyln a farm In these pnrta?" "No. All I'm looking around for now Is a place to spend the nlghr." "Edznckly. Naturally yon'd he more Interested In that than anything else Jest now." "Yes, and I asked If I could ptop with j-ou." "That's n fact, stranger. Vau shore done that very Identical thing. I ain't a-pretendln to sny you didn't." "Hut you haven't answered mo." "No, 1 guess I ain't I'm glnd you Jogged my memory, strnnger, 'cnuse I got my mind to runnln on them other things, an I clean forgot all about it. You know bow sich things are some times." "Yea, out are you going to answer me?" "Why. to bo shore I am. What rea son under tin- sun could I have tor not uns wer In you, I'd like to know? Yea. slr-ee. I 'low you hain't none of thoin peddler fellers what conies around sell In of pills, arc you. stranger?" "I am not." I "Reckoned most shore you couldn't be. Ingen'rully tbeni pill peddlers Is right smart, peart lookln fellers. Guess now more likely you mougbt be one of them doctor cbaps buutln a place to set up In business?" "No. I'm nothing of 11??* kind. But, sec here, are you going to compel me t<> spend the night out here in the road'.'' "Why, l reckon not. I hain't no right to compel you to do nothin the way I llggcr it. as the feller says. You're your own boss, 1 s'pose, an 1 'low you ?o or stay jest whar you pleasi "Sometimes I do." "Guess you're ii yoln Jest whar you please now, ain't ) ?" "Perhaps." "An I reckon you make it out thai it ain't a blamed bit of my business whar you're a golll nor what you're n-golu for?" "I rather suspect you are about cor rect there, Mr. 'rurner." ".lest so, an 1 ^uess mebby you're plumb right too. At the same tine I 'low you can't be a part of Hie wur come down to try to lick we unsV" "Certainly not." "1 knowed you couldn't hardly bo, but with all them soldiers an armies n-gcin about the way they are a fi Her can't be much shore about nothin no more. Mebby, now, you've come down yore to" ? "Groat Scott! It doesn't matter in the least to you w bat I came dow n here for, bet as you seem determined to know I'll toll you and be done with it. I represent a company of capitalists who believe there are rich deposits of mineral In this section, ami my busl UCSS here is to investigate and haru whether or not their surmises are cor rect. Now you know why I am here, and I hope you'll tell me without any further delay whether you are going to give mo shelter for the night." "Why. yea, sir ee. I'll shore do that. I ain't no reason on earth for not tellin j'ou, as I can see. nary a speck. Rut 1 wonder, now, what kind of mineral them fellers thinks they're a-goln to find down yore?" 'Great Cicsar, man! Let mo have some supper and a place to rest, and I'll tell you everything I know. I've been In the saddle all day, and I'm dreadfully hungry and tired." 'Why, to be shore you must bo. It Stan's to reason a feller would be hungry an tired after rldin all day. Yes, slr-co. Guess them fellers hain't no notion that they're u-goln to lind gold around here, have they?" "No. Say, I'm tired of all this fooling, and I'm Just going to dismount ami spend the night with you, anyhow." 'Why, shorely. Cord a-tnassy, man, you mougbt Jest as well 'a' done that long ago 'stead of Bettln thar ehewln the rag all this time." "Why didn't you tell me long ngo that I might stop?" "I was aimln to; but, as I said while ago, my mind got to runnln on some thin else, an I forgot It. Wonder If them fellers are 'lowln to find sliver in these parts?" "No. Where shall I put my horse?" "Jest leave him thar at the fence. I'll tote him to the stable direekly. Reckon If them fellers hain't calculatln to Und gold nor silver 'bout yere they must be n-figgorln on findln somethln else." "Naturally." "Guess mebby It moughtn't be Iron, now, mougbt It?" In spite of the fact that he was tired, hungry and nnnoyed, Melvln burst Into a roar of laughter. Turner's question ing was so persistent and ridiculous I that It had become amusing. Presently Welvln said: "Now, Mr. Turner, I am positively ?ot going to answer another question nnui i bnve had supper, so you need *">t Put yourself to the trouble of nsk l?g mo another thing. Do you under stand r> "To bt) sbore I do, an you'll find I ain't the man lo RO OI1 .,sk|? (l feller questions j S1>P u0 ,,,,?.t wftnt to be bothered with 'am. Nary time I pin't. But, by gravy, stranger, It pus fcles mo to flgger out what kind of min eral them men nn, count in on findln yere- It does shore! Beckon they can't be spoctln to And copper nor lead, car. they?" y Melvln rushed lnt0 the house, leav ing Turner outside to put away the horse and ponder all alone the ques tions that, though they did not affect him In the least, Interested ),lm deeply. And as Turner pondered aji Idea came to him, for he larked a great deal of be ing as much of n fool as he seemed. He stopped on his wny to the stable with the horse and, nodding h's bead knowingly, muttered to himself those words: \ "Como down yere to smell roun'Vor mineral! Powerful likely story. b\tt Is, when thar ain't as much mineral lb this hull blame section as a follorcould put In n flea's ear. Come down yen for some rich fellers Jest to loaf about an see what he can scent In the ground! That thnr's nP moughty reasonable, an of course I believe It?In a pie's eye! You are a slick tin, young folbfcr, but you ain't quite slick enough Jto slldo down your Uncle Jonathan Tttr ner's throat, not quite. Your UnclO Jonathan mayn't bo much to look fit, but, ho lacks a hull pajsel of bolnl a derncd Idiot asylum, with no uioro sense than n gatt??ost, an his opinion is that you are n-lyln an that that's a good deal back of you that yon hain't wantiu k no wed." CHAPTER VI. HIM StaUMUSKS IIIS NKIOIinORS. Sim Hanks did not go homo at once, but passed on down the si reel In the dl rcctlOU of Hicks' store. It had be u his custom to go there every night to join tho little group of men who id- | ways congregated around the bh <? stove In the winter and oil the platfol ui In front of the door In the summer to loaf away their idle hours. He had loilg been one of the leading spirits in these meetings, and hereto* fon> be had COUIO to them boldly, and 111 the talks that followed his voice had been beard taking an Important part. Hut tonight he approached with halt ing step and shamed face ami sat down quietly on the edgo of the platform on the very outskirts of the group. He hoped no one would notice his pres ence, and he was careful to do nothing to attract attention to it. Hap Sampson was there and Jason Roberts and Jim Thorn and a number of others, and most prominent among them all and most in evidence in the eon versa! ion was Kbenezer Sparks. Very naturally, the subject under dis cussion was the war and the haltlo that had that day been fought in their bearing. Kbenezor, with wonderful ef frontery, seized the first opportunity to begin a rehash of tlie oft told stories of brave deeds performed by him in the Mexican war and to rcntlllOUIlCC his consuming desire to again take up a soldier's life and join in the tight and experience the dangers and hardships of war as lie had done in days gone by. Sim listened to Kbenezer in astonish ment. It was a mystery to him how n man could have the assurance to boast of his bravery when only a few hours ago he had shown the ver\ men to whom he was talking that he was an annul coward. Sim knew that he had acted the part of a coward, ami he knew that every man there knew it, and he was resolved that if no one mentioned that event until he did It would never be mentioned. IObCUCZer talked on for some lime be fore Pap Sampson brought his ennu down with a thump and said: "Thar, Kbenezer Sparks, that'll do. We nil know how brave you are, BO thar ain't a grain of use in the world for you to waste your breath a tellin US about it. Lord, you made that all plumb plain to us today, you an Sim Hanks both." "Sim don't seem to be dolu much talk In 'bout the way he done," Jason observed, with a laugh, "t.uess he he llevcs In lettln his actions speak lor themselves." "Lord, Jason, I reckon the way Sim's woman done kind of took the tucks He hoped no one would notice Ms i)rcs ence. outen blm," Pop said. Then, turning to Sim, he added, "She kind of hit you pooty hard, didn't she. Sim?" "No harder'n l deserved, I guess," Sim replied dryly. "1 did act the mis erable coward, an It ain't no wonder she was ashamed of mo." "Say, by granny, but that's one way to talk, ain't It?" Jason said after a short sileilCO. "You ain't a bit like Kb enezer, Sim. He done more cowardly than ynu, but you won't ketch blm owuln of It, nary n time." "I can't help not bin 'bout what Kb enezor does," Sim replied. "It don't do no good to deny I he truth when ev er body knows w hat 1 done." "You'ri- right thar, Sim," Hap Samp son said heartily. "Addbi vinegar to a sound puddill ain't goln to make it no sweeter, an nddlli a lie to another fault ain't goln to make the other fault no less. Them is gospel truths If thar ever was one outside of the Holy Writ, an It'd be n good thing for you, Ebene zit npnrks, to tulf.i 'frm Info ybur craw an digest 'em along at odd Spells." "Pip Sampson," Kbenezer exclaim ed, bristling up. "do you 'low to insinu ate that I beei n-lyin?" "Lord, no, Kbenezer! I ain't no hand to Insinuate, but when n coward makes out like he's brave if he ain't lylll he's gittin right slap next door to It." "You better be keerful, Hap," Jim Thorn said, "or first thing you know Pap S' ,nj>Hon and the rest Interfered. you'd have Kbenezer's old woman down on yo%l, C'nn't nobody make her think he ain't brave, you bid!" "She ain't much like Slm'fl wife. Is she?" Jason asked. Then he added: "By Jinks. I think Sim's wife CUtUp too rough with blm. I tell you right now I'd like to see my woman try any sich capers as them on me, especially right afore folks. Lord, I'd leave 'er so quick that It'd make her head swim." "You all beam what Mary Mann said, I guess." Jim Thorn remarked. "I been tbinkln 'bout that, an i don't know if the word she spoke wn'n't a true word. Sim's woman did 'poor to lie a right Rinart struck with the luuks of that stranger, an"? "Jim Tho: n, you are n llnr!" TVey all looked up in astonishment, and there was Sim Hanks standing amon\tbem, his eyes nhlnzo with an ger it i,hi form trembling with sup pressedVge. '?Jim 'r\onV' be^repejttedy .^on^sre n liar, n dirty, cowardly, 'miserable, Bticnkln liar, nn you'll take back them I wonts or I'll knock your bead clean . down your throat!" Thorn sprang to his feet and started to run. hut in an Instant Sim had hold of his collar with one hand and with tbo other had given him a blow on tl>e side of the bead that sent him to the floor as 1 i1111> as a rag. Sim would have followed up ids advantage and pound ed Thorn unmercifully, but Pap Samp son and the lest interfered, and live or six of them held him while the others got Thorn away. After it was all over and Sim had been released they stood about him for I some time, looking at him in bUoUCO ami with a kind of awe. To them he had suddenly become a new man. ami they felt that they did not know him. It was I licks who broke the pause. "Why, Sim." lie said, "what's come over you; Who'd 'n' ever dreamed of you doin sieh n thing as that'.'" "Let him keep Iiis mouth slut an quit a-lyin 'bout Loueesy, then," Sim replied, not exactly in line with Hicks' questions. "I'll hit blm ng'ln if he dast to say sieh another thing, an I'll hit anybody else that does it, an I'll bit to kill." "Well, that's all right. Sim, but you jc>? cool down now. >11 III Thorn was tbo only one that said anything, on you've done hit him. so thar ain't no more to do. an you'd jest as well git quiet." "My land. Sim. you shore hit blm aj guml un!" Jason said "1 never see a i pur tier lick struck In all my life." " In It w as all done so quick." an | Other observed. "Why, them words wasn't much niore'n outen Jim Thorn's mouth till Sim was a-stamlin up here nn snylll, 'Jim Thorn, you are a liar!' jest that a way. Then Jim starts to run. un aide | knowod It Sim bad gathered blm by the collar an give him tbr.i lick." ? Ml wasn't it a lick, though?" Jason said. "Why. sny. It Jest keeled Jim over thar so quick that 1 bet he never knowod w hat done it." "1 bet be didn't know nothin tom bed him?jest Hopped down thar for all the world like a shot bog. Didn't 'low it was in you to hit a feller like that. Sim." "Lord. 1 reckon Sim never knowod it neither." l'ap Sampson said, "but he knows it now. an you all better look mi;. No matter bow harmless a dog is while he's asleep, he may i?- the Wlisl kind of a dog w hen you wake him up. An Sim Hunks is awake now." "An you'd all bolter not fool with I him if you don't want to git hurt." Hicks added, i "You'd all better not say nothin 'bout l.eueesy." Sim said. " less'n you all I wants to git your heads punched." i "GUCSS nobody hain't gob) to say nothin 'bout Loueesy." l'ap Sampson replied, "so you mougbt's well quit a l brow 111 that at us. Jim Thorn had no business to Speak the word he (lid. even if it had been a true word, an I ne st know it wasn't, an you done right an uat'ral to take it up I'm a pence aide man myself, as you uns all know, an Ingin'ally I set my face ng'ln fussin ?0 fouglltln, but I ain't gol nary n word to sny ng'ln a man what lights for I.Is woman's good name. So I say. Sim Hunks, an 1 -ay ii upon an ilbovo board, you d<>ne J??j?i right, tin ever" fair \ minded man i woman is bound to say the same." "That's what liny are." Jacob llieks ' promptly agreed. "My land, l'ap, you mis all knows I am i no hand to mix Up in no furse an that I ain't never lit nobody in all my life, but you jest let some feller say ary a single word ng'ln my woman, an il the fur don't lly It won't be my fault. Them's my senti ments ever' time, an 1 ain't a kcerin who knows it." "Course, Sim done right," another said, with Ihal ready sympathy people are apt to feel for the victor as against the vanquished. "I'd 'a' done jest like him if I'd 'a' been in bis place, only I bet I'd 'a' laid Jim Thorn out so's he wouldn't 'a' got up no more for a mouth." "By granny," said another, "I 'low .lim got off pow'flll easy myself! It were a good thing it wa n t me he had to deal w ild." "An you can bit your hide it was motlghty fortunate for him." remarked a third, "thai it w a'n't me." l'ap Sampson thumped his cane against the floor ami laughed. "You mis are all a lalkin pow'flll big." he .-aid. "but you uns better not forgit that Jim Thorn ain't dead yIt. 'Tniu't sensible to go fool In routl' a inub's heels 'less you gol business Ibar." As Sim Hunks walked home that night he felt greatly elnled, am. in his soul there w as a kind of feeling closely akin to intoxication, lie stood erect, with a bearing proud ami disdainful, held his head well up and walked with a slop firm ami coulident. In knocking .lim Thorn down the way he did he had demonstrated to his neighbors that he was not so much a coward as they had supposed. That within Itself was a grcal deal to be proud of. for he felt that in removing the stain of cowardice fro:!' bis naifm he had raised an almost Insupportable burden fr urn his soul. I tut that was not all nor yet the chief < iiiSO of his elation. Louisa would learn what he had done, and she would know (hat be had done It for her sake. lie would not tell her, but others would. Ills knowl edge of human nature was limited, but it was broad enough to tell him that his praises sung by others would be far more effective than If stlllg by himself. That she would be pleased be felt as Slircd, for she would understand how well he loved her and how more ready be v as than any one else on earth to stau 1 up in her defense. Then, loo. she would realize that he was not the c m temptiblo coward she had thought him and?because of which she had spoken of him and to him in such harsh terms, Perhaps she would even speak words of praise for his conduct, and perhaps oh, happy thought!?she might put her arms about his neck and kiss him. That would be a reward Indeed, and for such a reward he would be willing to fight Hie whole World. Fond, sweet hope! Hut. how many of our most precious hopes are born only to perish with their first breath of life! When Sim reached home, he found the house dark and Louisa in bed. He went In and struck u light and pre pared to retire. Ills wife was asleep, and he moved about noiselessly so as not to wake her. Presently his eye fell on a scrap of paper lying on the floor. Mechanically lie took It up and glanced nt the writ ing it bore. Instantly he sat up and rend It eagerly through. Then, puz zled and mystified, he rend It again and ana in. These were the words the paper contained: My Dcnr Loulm? Nevor l<<t anybody know that jrou know me. and for Ood'n uhr don't Irll 4 liv ing soul who I nn. So soon aa {loasible I will tea you and explain. What did It menu? ^ (TO BK COWTITrUXD.l j IION. ISAAC D WITHERSPOON "A Christian Gentleman and a True Nobleman " ? Sketch of His Lite. Ex Judge Isaac I). Wltkorspoon, of Yorkville, passed peacefully away on Huuday morning, 24th inst , after au lluess of twelve days with pleurisy. The Yorkville correspondent of The State cays that " his death was as calm i as the slumbering of a babe upon the breast of its mother. His age was 05 years. JuJge Witherspoon was an el- I der of the Fir<-t Presbyterian church at j this place, a Christian gentleman and | true, noble inau. No worthy object o j charity or benevolence was turned away by him, and in his legal practice he never refused to give advice on account Of the poverty of the applicant. Dur log the dark days of '7<? he was the leader of this county in the redemption of the State from Radical rule. He was beloved by this community and his de cease falls heavy upon us. He leaves a widow and two children, Miss Lesuie and Dr. William I. Witherspoon, of Shelllcld, Ala., with a large circle of rel atives aud many friends to mourn his departure." Isaac Donnom Witherspoon was born in York aud was one of the sons of the Hon. Isaac Donnom Wilhcrspoou, who was for many years Senator from York district and one of the leaders in Stale Kdities. His mother was Miss Heid, of orth Caro inn. He belonged to the historic family of Witherspoons of which the Hcv. John Witherspoon. of Princeton college, signer of the Declara tion of ludepeudeucc, was one id' the niosl| conspicuous members, and Robert Witherspoon, Congressman from South Carolina, another. The young Donnom Witherspoon entered the South Carolina college and graduated in 1864 along with Jamea Lowndea, Benjamin lt. Stuart, J. H Brooks, Hayne Mc.Mcekin, Rev J. R. Kiley, former Judge C H. Townsend, J. 11. Whitner aud others Then he pursued the study of law. and on his admission to the bar entered into partnership with the late Wut, B. Wil son, and the linn practiced with great succc-s At the beginning of the war, Judgo I Witherspoon enlisted in the Twi Itth regiment and served until delicate I health caused a transfer to the branch of I the treasury department of the Confed eracy Ftatioucd in Columbia I York County was spared by the Fed eral armies, but sulVercd worse devasta tion, if possib e, in 1S71 and 1*7-2 because of the brutal Ku Klux raids of the I Federal troops, when Major Merrill, an I officer in the United States army, re I ceived $200 reward for the arrest of l every alleged Ku Klux, innocent or j guilty. Judge Witherspoon had his I bauds full assisting his friends and clicLts. Not for years did the county recover f om this oragoonade I In ISTti a determined effort was made ' to throw off the Rad'cal yoke in York, Judge Witherspoon was nominated for Senator by the Democrats and after a stirring canvass was elected with the legislative and county ticke.s He went to Columbia and was of gicat service as one of the Democratic leaders in the Senate in which the Republicans hail 18 members and the Democrats 12, and ! were trying to scat Senators Gary, Todd and Maxwell, besides placing Lieuten ant Governor Simpson over the Senate The struggle was long, but was attend ed with success at last. After Senator Jeter became acting Governor, Judge Witherspoon was chosen president pro tem of the Senate and Borvtd as such until he was e cc.tcd judge of the Sixth circuit in place of the unique Thomas J Mackcy. He had previously formed a partnership with Charles K Spencer, Which was now dissolved. After serv iug several terms, Judge Witherspoon voluntarily retired to privAte life and resumed the practice of law. He was actively engaged at the bar at the time Of his death. JudgO Witherspoon married Miss Wright, daughter of Col. William Wright, who was the president and chief builder and owner ol the King's Moun tain railroad He hail two children, Dr. William 1 Witherspoon and Miss Leslie Witherspoon, both of whom, with their , mother, survive him. He hastwo broth eis living. Dr. J. Harvey Witherspoon and Mr. Joseph R. Witherspoon. Judge Witherspoon was a conserva 1 live man, a good citizen and a safe coun sellor. 11c Dad many friends through out the Stale who will he douoly grieved that lie has so soon followed his iriend and colleague, Judge W. H. Wal I lace. Judge Frascr, another contem porary in the reconstruction and sub sequcntly on the bench died not four months ago. - A qucor instance of lmproptr in fluence said to have been exerted upon jurymen comes from New Haven. Tin jury in.a certain civil case went to Fair haven btO visit the house of the defen duals.j |There, according to tiie counsel for the, plaintiff, one ol the parties to the suit, gave one of the jurors a piece of pie. This piece of pie is the ground upon which a motion to set aside the verdict is founded. 35 falls Many a school girl is said to be lazy and shiftless when she doesn't deserve - the least bit of it. She can't study, easily Iis asleep, is nervous and tired all the time. And what can you ex pect? Her brain is being fed with impure blood and her whole system is suffering from poisoning. Such girls are wonder fully helped and greatly changed, by taking sarar Hundreds of thousands * of schoolgirls have taken it duringthe past50years. ? Many of these girls now > have homes of their own. They remember what 4 cured them, and now they give the same mcdl- ?. cine to thcirown children, y You can afford to trust a Sarsaparilla that has been tested for half a century. SI.OO a bottle. All drujiliti. If your bowels arc consti pated take Aycr's Fills. You can't have good health unless you have daily action of the bowels. 25 ct?. a box. ?? One lioiot Ayer's Pills cnroil my dyspepsia." L.D. (.Aitnwii,i,. Jan. 12,1899. _ llatli, N. Y. Wrli? ifio Dootai: Tf yon Imvo any complaint whatarar .tna ilnuro Um i" t km in,- ii .not. - yon can noailbly receive, wrlla th? doctor frnely. You will receive a prompt re ;>ly, without cott. Addreit, DB. J- 0. AYKK. Lowell, Matt. "fmy ly y ?y 'yi iyi iyi 4 A a j in the water makes your dishes come out perfectly clean and ? ? free from grease. I i| It is almost a pleasure to wash dishes wit ti mr *heNX Commny, v , CHICAGO , ST.LOUIS, NEW YORK, BOSTON.; v. s rV. CASTORIA ?Negctable Preparation lor As sinVtlaliug ihcFooclandUcgula iui'4 ihe Slouiuchs aiul Bowels of Infant^ ^ttiiLDREN Promotes Digcslton.Checrful nessatul Rest .Contains neither Opium.Morphine nor Mineral. 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By ft recent vote of the Commons the coronation oath of King Edward will be so changed from the oath of former sovereigns as to contain nothing offen sive to the Roman Catholics ofhis empire The clause requiring the King to express ly repudiate the doctrino of transubst&n tlalion and to declare the invocation aiid adoration of the virgin and the saints to he idolatrous was embodied in' the corona ion oath in Kiss and has been retained until this time The new King will have to swear to nothing that slgut tics any kind of religious into'ernnce. The Southern Railway lnis instituted a novelty in railroad operation a solid mail train. This train, composed solely of mail cars, stops only at 'unction points, it is scheduled to make fifty an hour. The limited trains of the road With passenger cms attached, .were too heavy to make the schedule for the Southern's last mail. The local trains were not tust enough to make the time re qt ircd, so the train ol mail cars, schedul ed at fifty miles, was put an, ? Washington State is now receiving more immigrants than any other part of the country. A Oispaleh from St Paul roportS that In one. day icccntly not less than 1,200 home seekers lult that city, going West, and that of the winde num her scarcely a do/on had return tickets. OASTOniA. .VestiBUied _ (im1ted Tra?ns Double Daily Service Between New York, Tampa, Atlanta. Now Orleans, anil Points South and West In Effect Kkii. 24, 1001, SOUTHBOUND. Daily. Dally No. SI, No Ti. i.v New York, P. R. R< .. 12f5pm 12 luanr i.v Philadelphia, " .. 3 ?0pm R?'iam Lv Baltimore, " .. 645pm (122am Lv Washington, P, K. R... 055pm HS?anr i.v Richmond, s.A. 1.1040pm l.v-'fprr bvPe eraburg " . .. naipm 110pm Lv Norlina Junotton. . .. 205nra SStpra i.v Henderson. 280am 865pns Lv Raleigh. 3 triam fi OUprr I.v Ho Pinea.687am ti.r>7pm I.v Hainlet. CSOam 8 Worr I.vColumhlaJ. 840ain 10 30pm ArSavBDnah.12 ]0pm 2 20am ArJaokaonvillo. 350piu 6 30am . ArTamiui. 6 00am F OOpn ; No. 4'i:<. No. 11 . I.v N<-\v York, N.Y P.&N. ?7 .Viata 86f>pn Lv Philadelphia, " 10 .oam 11 vtipn Lv New Yolk. ODS. .CO. |3 I Oppl Lv IhVltlmore, 1$ S P Co '.\_.. pi 30pn LvW.^h'toii. N AW 5 It .. ?~30pill Lvl'orismouth S.A. L. .. HCOpm lOooan LvWeldon .H 83^m 123f>pir LvNorlina Juno ...... I2 5ftam 2 lopn Lvllcndcrson.....?.1 2 am ?_' I >pn LvKuloifdi ._SO am I 271 rr i vtionlhcrn Pines . a 18am ?? ISpnr, I.\ Hamlet_ .... 0 4ftam 8>6pn I.v Wilmington.130pn Ari'harlotte. U >lam lU 4-tpn LvCheetor. . 1'iOSam I120pn ' LvQreenwood.12 07pm i 32am Lv Athena.2 19pm 4 08an A r AI Inn I a ;........... ft 35om b .iOanr Ar Augusta, c & WO _ r> l?pin . Ar Maeon, Uol i>a. 7 20j>mll 10am Ar Montgomery! A &~W' P. 0 20piuU ?Oam Ar Mola lo, LA ^.,.2 0 am I 1 pm Ar New Orleans, L& N . 7 80am 8 80 p in Ar Nashville, N C & St L.. ? 36am ? ?Opui Ar Memphis, "_., 4 00pm s IQam no kt ii ho und. No. 402. No. 38 Lv Memphis, NC&StL.. toipm 8 45pm Ly Nashville, " ,.1065pm 0 30am Lv New Orleans, I. & N. ? 7 40pll) . Lv Mobile, " .. 12 20ain I.v Montgomery, A w P ?> 20atu l SOpin I.V Maeon, 0 Ol Oa. 8 OOam 1 JOpm I.v Augusta, C & W C. *' 4uam Lv Aiiauia ; s.a. I,.1 'OOpm 8 0 'pnr Ar A i he na. 2 48pm )'. 23pn Ar Greenwood. 4 60pra 204tn Ar Chester. 0 iftpm ?? - ?an Lv Charlotte SA L.UftOpm??Oan Lv Wilmington, S A L.... ftbUpra .... Lv Hamlet S A I.. 0bOpm 8 10?n I vSo Pinea S A 1. 10 5?pm '.m.iai L\ Laien;!'. I '?..pm I I . 0 ii Ar Henderson.....2.7am 1 oOpn Lv Norlina ?UllCti?n .. .. '? lUam 2OOpm Lv Woldon. I 2Qam 3 U'en Ar Portsmouth.7 OOam o?upa Ar Waeh'ton N ?v WS II. 6 65am j Ar Haltimorc, H H P Co.I046an Ar New York, O DSU Co . Ii :50|)ir. Ar Philadelphia, N YP&Nt?46pm .'> loan Ar New York,_ " jt 40|>m 8 Quam Nu. 14. No. ?il I.v Tampa. H A LRy.8 u ipm s nomi .Jaekmm\ llle.10 liOam 7 l;>pm Uavnnnab. ... i ftopm llnopro Columbia, 8. 6 27pm <>45am Hamlet . '.t 40pm !' 20am Soulhern Pines.I032pm lo ? um Kaieigh .12 28am 1207pm HcmlcrHon. 1 Itain I 27pm horllna Junction.2 1. am 2 1 >pm Petersburg,. 4 OOam 4 4 mm Kiehmonu. 4 6bam 6 3Apnc WashlngtonviaPennRlt 846am 0 30pm Baltimore " IV 03am 112>pn> Philadelphia " 12 27pm 2 ??< . o. New York. "_3 16pm 6 80am Note? tDaily Kx. Bunday. Dining ears hetweou Mow York and Richmond, and Minulet and HL Auguatine on Trains Nob. 81 and 44. (Central time. $li astern Time. ?Thcy toll the story of a prominent Baptist clergyman of "New York who has made it his practice in all his pasto rates to write his resignation within a week of his entrance upon a new field, sign, seal and deliver it to the proper official with the remark : " There, tow! Never ask me for my resignation. Whenever you want me to go, just break open this envolope, write in a date to the document and offer it to the con gregation." ? Imitation thunderstorms, with the electricity generated by Niagara Falls, Will be one of the features of the Buffalo exposition. The thunder is produced by means of large glass condensers, and, while realistic, is warranted to be harm less. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Coudenittitl S.-liednle of ''anniunr 'l'rtlu, In F.lTo.-t .ti\n. 27. 1001. Qreenvllle, Washington und the Kant. ' ' No. 1U StT .is No. 341 No. Si Dally Dally. Daily, i>aiiy. 7 60 u 12 00 in. 13 20 nil I f>0 P S 60 n 1 00 p| 1 20 p|12 60 lo a.S a: 2 25 v U 08 p| 005 a . 10 6S u 2 45 p 3!? p| Nor) Itbouitu. Lr. Atlanta, ?.T. " Atlanta, K T, " Gainesville, '? Athonti. " I.nlu. Tocoon. ... " Boneen. " Uroonvtlle . " Bpnrtnnburg " Gnffncv .. .. " LUackuburg " Una ton In, " Charlotte Ar. Ureonsb' >ro Ar . l llirllltlll ... Ar. Rnloigh . .. Ar. i liilivillo . Ar. Norfolk ^ Ar. Richmond 11 .".:t n 119 62 p| 2i)4 1? 1 a a; p , -i -' s p 4 47 p I 6 4'l i> C> 40 p 060 p j a 52 ? i .">;?) a B 83 4 16 !! id il 41) 7 02 8 is In 47 4 10 |> 5 05 I) ?t 18 ii 7 or i 7 43 i 7 67 \ s 85 i ?i In i 2 IS p ii io i ji2 2D n a 62 n :t 62 ii 6 :w u 5 m ii ll_26 1> 11 53 p 12 51 !i j r> ao a S 80 a h U0 ii a oo n a im a, it no ii . i -... V i 27 p ii '.'.1 j? 1 :!MJ e~95 ii Ar. Washington I.10 43 a| 7 35 id 8 60 p Hull lire PKH !. s 03 a t' 16 id I B5 p " Philadelphia. 10 16 it 11 36 :il 2 56 ? _? New York . 1. 12 4:t inj 203 p| S 23 t From tho Kisi u> Uivonvillo; iilso to Atlanta. No .I.". No. :l7,No.ll No X i>iiii\. Dully. Dally I) dl| 2 BS 8 98 4 28 n 02 7 o:i 7 46 5 02 S 61 li 50 Soul hhotiml. I.v. W V..1- I: It. " Philtiuulphin " Bnltiiiioro. .. " Wnshhigton.. I.v. Riehiiu >nd . Lv Norn,Ik. I.v. Dnnville I.v Raleigh. . I.v Durham . 12 16 ii 4 :io ii 8 50 u 0 55 p ?1 2 2 u V 20 1H 11 16 ii 111 46 |l 12 oitoi 11 00 p ti 00 plfi oo ( 40 p 1 Jo p f 4o i ... S M ? .... 0 06 B .. 8 27 t . y 66 ] o 3ft v 5 4s p| 6 60 0 6o p i iu 4 43 p 2 ao nslinro. I 7 10 Chariot to ... ii 46 Gnstonin ... I to 12 Ii ucksbiirg . (.iilt'nev . Bpurtunhui g. u: con vi I Io.. . ?Hern Ti bum. . Adieus. (lahicsvillo Atlnntn, K. T, Atlanta, CT. 11 il 12 2'i 1 :to 2 1)2 :t 98 4 IS 4 :i? Ii to 6 10 P 7 n, P M 1- 10 n 11 a 12 a, 1 a 2 h a a 4 a a ?; (1 pi ii 4 88 ? ? 1 00 a1 1 00 ? u| 2 110 a 2 DO I a1 7 117 a 6 62 a I a 12 05m s OS ? ' .. 1 M p 861 a I a 2 oil p o 80 * : a 2 24 |> !? 48 a i a a 16 ]> 10 20 a i pi 4 80 v II 16 a ' )>! ii os |> 12 an p ' P 7 l? p 1 21 j pi h io p' 2 20 ( ; 1000 p.\ p S 62 p: 2 46 p ! p 10 16 p 4 66 p ( p U 16 p !t 85 p J Ar. Rome 7 98 a II 10 " Chuttnimogn | v 46 a1 8 40 Ar. (?nclnniili " Lontsvlllc P 2 OS a il tu I. p| 5 46 a S ?0 p J ft 6 60 p! 7 46 a I ft 7 40 Birmingham.Il2 00 in 10 00 i> P 7 50 h j . 110 00 s) Ar. Now Orleans 7 46 p s ao Ar. Cohtmhus,(4n 0 60 a 8 86 " Silicon I s ao a 7 00 " HnilisM i' Ii... I s 116 p . Ar. .I i. k-..i,MU.-. I io 00 p, 8 SO I h 85 f p 12 66 al 7 00 I t: s ;io a 1 Mil v 1'iai N'.i.iii. No.I .. ^iImi a nS No!li STATIONS. [ n'M a .. I .v.. SavaiTiiali .a? _4 2su 7 . I.v ?laokvlllo Ar 7 oo a 11 io p i.v triuirloHion .Ar 7 41 i: 12 m n " .Sinniiiorvilla." it 05 a 71>. a " l.'ohinihin . " 1225pi 8:m a' ?? . Nowhorry ?? 1 .VI pi H 60 a " . .Hr. i nw.xKl.. " 916p 10 15 II " . h.nlyt'H.... " I tl5p ii 35 a I.v AblMWlIlc..Arl 8 10 p|l2 96 j jilHp 11 16 ii I.v Hol ton. At 6 45plT1i a _2 :i5 p 10 46 .i bv \iiiiorHon Ar 7 16 pliT4?~i * 16p 12 20 p Ar. .?rennvtllo. .Lyl 6 SO pfliflYs 9 34 p 6 22 p bv...(4rot?llvillO. Ar 1 S n 1 I 26 p ?117 p ? 18 1? Ar spa. Iitnburg I.v,12 28 nil 184 a 7 16p... . I " ....Ashovilla.... " I .... 8 00 n 7 00 ai 8 16 f 6 57 n 7 81 p ii 00 pi 8aop 0 ;i0 \Y 2 00 p 7 .V, p 12 20 p ao p ii ? 4 16 a "a iii, Rnoxvillo. to p ._IAr.. Cbifiniiad." Lyl _40J?._ lAr...l.ouisviile i.v "A" a. in. "p Trams lenvi J 20_ 's :ui 7 46 p. ni. "51" noon. "N" night, leave Rlngville, daily eioopt Hundayi for l iondeti I0:15n. in. ami 4 .60 p. in, Itaturn ing Ifitvc Cnmilon for Klngvlllo, daily en-opt Bunilny, s.:c> a. in. ar ' 2:50 p. in. Alao for Bum< terdaily oxcopl Bui ty 8.00a. m. 10:16 a. in.and 4:.'*)j>. in. Uoturnlng leave Bnmtor nt0.60 *. m. 10.05n. in. and 4:;tnp. in.,makingoonneotloa at Kiiik'vlllo with trains betWOSn Columbia and Oharloston. Trains Icavo 8partanburg via 8. U. ? C. Alf vision daily forQlondnlo, .f7)iu svllle, t.'nlon and Columbia and intoriiifsliitte pointa ut 11:46 a. in. and II 16 p. in Trains lonve Tocoon, Qa.. for Kihorton, Ga., daily 4:26 p. in. except Sunday, 7:00 a. in. Returning leave Rlberton dailv H:00 a. in. except Bundlty, 2:16 p. in. , making oonio-o' lion at Toeoon with trains hutween Atlanta, Glreenvllle and the Bast. Chemipcnke I.me siieainers In dally serrtoe between Norfolk and Ita.timore. Ni>s 87 and 8b?"Washington and Boatr* woiteru Llnilteil." Through Pullman Hien|> iDK* ears hot ween New York and New Orleans, via Washington, Atlanta and Monte fomory. and also botweon New lork and Memphis, via Washington, Atlanta and Bir mingham. Also clcirunt POI.t.MAR LiimAlif OnsEllVATION OAitflbOtweon Atlanta and New York. KirstelasH thorouglifare eoaohaa ja& tween WnHltington and Atlnntn. DinlnK ear* ?erve all inoals en nmle. Pullman sleeping cars tietweon <4reensboro and Raleigh, (iiov. ooimo 'tlon ni Norfolk fin Ol.P Poirtx Co.virOKT, Also nt Atlanta with Pullman D. R, sleepel for CluittaiKio^a and CinoinUAtl, Mos, 86and 88- "United ntntes Kaat M?i"' mm aolld bet WOOD Washington and tf'1% '^r.'aana, belnir compound of coiichoa. lie . K), wlthoui ehange for pnasengors of al' ..asMS. Pullman drawing-room sleopinp ' .?rs between New Vork ami New Orleans. vP Atlnntaand Montgomery and between Mb ilinghnm mid Itlehmontf. diuIiik carsaervi all meals en route, Nim .'Ci and t4 ? "Atlantn and N?rw Yor? Bxnross," Nev lm-al train but ween Atlanta and charlotte conneotlng at Charlotte wits through trail a of snme niimbera. oarry lng Pullman el eidng oari betweon Chariotf? and Richmond Norfolk. Washington and New York. No Pu Itnnn care on these trains I,e tween Atlanta ami Charlotte, heaving Wash' lngton eooll Mi ndny, Wednesday and Friday a tourist sli;e[) ng car will run through l?? tweofi WaHhingl ti and Han Tranclnoo without phaugo. Connect, m at Atlnntn with throuch Pullman drawing i otn stooping oar for Jack son villa ; alao Pallma sleeping car for Mruae wick. Connection mails i.' Sparlanburg wlt^ through Pullman steeper for Ashevtlle, Rnox* vtlle and Cin<:inunll; also t Columbia for B? vannah and .Tacksonville. FRANK H. GANNON, s. x HARD WICK, Third V P. Ac (4on. Mgr., i'eti. Pn?a Aat. Washington, D. C. W \ahlngton, D. a ff. H. TAY LOB, J. .1. MoQKU, Aae'i Gon'l Pasa. Ag*t, Pass. A T'kt Agent, Atlanta, Ola. (irt tavllle. u ci MONEY TO LOAN tua coBt of periling loanTlJfcr?ft tu? cont. up, according to ieciirity P 1 Columbia, h. o